Arts competition software
Competition days made easier.
Podium Results is a secure web platform for arts competitions. Adjudicators enter points and comments, placings and aggregates calculate automatically, supervisors review, and results publish when the organiser says so.
Built for music, dance and other arts competitions. Proven at the 2026 New Zealand Brass Band Championships.
2026 New Zealand Brass Band Championships, Wellington
How the pilot went.
1,600
Unique visitors during competition week.
6,000+
Visits to the published results.
1 minute
Average visit length.
Usage figures from that competition.
The problem
Competition day runs on paper.
Points are added up by hand, then placings get double and triple checked before anything can be announced. It is stressful for supervisors and adjudicators, and everyone else waits.
Manual calculations, checked and re-checked by hand.
Results delayed while the paperwork catches up.
Sheets misplaced between the adjudicator and the office.
Competitors and supporters left guessing where they came.
A results sheet added up in pen at the venue.
What Podium Results does
Enter, review, publish.
Entry and publishing both happen in real time, during the competition. Points, placings only, and award categories are all handled.
Enter
Adjudicators enter points
Adjudicators enter points into the system during the competition, and record their comments by typing or voice to text. Placings and aggregates calculate automatically.
Review
Verified before it goes out
Supervisors review the calculated results, add penalty points if the rules require them, recalculate, and save when they are satisfied.
Publish
Organiser controlled
Nothing reaches the public automatically. Results go live when the organiser publishes them, and then anyone can view them.
For supporters
Results anyone can find.
Once results are published they are sortable and searchable, with no app to download. Supporters open them on whatever device they have with them.
View results from anywhere, on any device.
Find specific events quickly.
See awards and placings clearly.
Share official result links.
Published results, sortable and searchable by the public.
From the pilot
What people said.
“Excellent work though! Thank you we needed this a long time ago.”
Supporter
“Just to say I thought Podium Results on laptop were fantastic, easily the best results I have seen.”
Supporter
“Boy what a great idea the podium is. We can see the results clearly and easily in great time.”
Supporter
“I love that you saw a hole in our points processing and created an easy to use solution - so good :)”
Supervisor
“The spreadsheet upload was so easy. What a great feature.”
Contest manager
Why organisers choose it
Less to worry about on the day.
No manual calculations
Placings, aggregates, ties and penalty points are calculated by the system, which takes the stress out of the results table.
Accurate and transparent
Everyone sees the same published figures, so there is no question about which sheet is current.
Nothing to download
Works in a browser on any device, which keeps supporters following the competition all day.
See it with your own competition.
Tell us how your competition is structured and we will show you how it runs in Podium Results.